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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 7:30 PM CST for 6 counties in Florida; Colquitt County, Seminole County, Georgia. It was in force for 228 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2005, 7:30 PM CST (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 228 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Colquitt County, GA, Seminole County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTAE 140131 TORTAE GAC071-140200- /X.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0004.050114T0130Z-050114T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 830 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOULTRIE * UNTIL 900 PM EST * AT 828 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF MOULTRIE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF PELHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTER HILL...BAY...SIGSBEE...SPENCE AIRPORT...RIVERSIDE AND FUNSTON. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. LAT...LON 3123 8399 3106 8397 3112 8371 3131 8387 $$ 7-TREXLER
3 follow-up statements
000
WFUS52 KTAE 231510
TORTAE
FLC005-013-059-063-131-133-231530-
/T.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0004.050223T1509Z-050223T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TEST...TORNADO WARNING...TEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
909 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO DRILL FOR...
BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
CALHOUN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
HOLMES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA
* UNTIL 930 AM CST
* TEST...THIS IS A TEST...AT 910 AM CST...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS
OCCURRING OVER THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS IS A DRILL.
AT THIS TIME PLEASE PRACTICE YOUR TORNADO SAFETY PROCEDURES. IF
THIS WERE AN ACTUAL TORNADO WARNING...YOU SHOULD GO TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR BUILDING. WEAK STRUCTURES OR
VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR SAFE SHELTER.
THIS IS A TORNADO DRILL...REPEAT ONLY A DRILL. NO SEVERE WEATHER
IS OCCURRING OVER THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3099 8641 3028 8640 2978 8554 2998 8547
3097 8504
$$
11-GOREE000 WFUS52 KTAE 292124 TORTAE GAC253-292200- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0004.050829T2124Z-050829T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 524 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE * UNTIL 600 PM EDT(500 PM CDT) * AT 521 PM EDT(421 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF DONALSONVILLE... MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LELA...LITTLE HOPE...DONALDSONVILLE MUNI AIRPORT...IRON CITY... SHARPHAGEN AND DAVIS PARK. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. LAT...LON 3085 8495 3084 8482 3103 8477 3105 8490 $$ 7-TREXLER
000 WWUS52 KTAE 292147 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 545 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAC253-292200- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050829T2200Z/ SEMINOLE GA- 545 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM EDT(500 PM CDT) FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY... AT 543 PM EDT(443 PM CDT)...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO. ALSO AN ADDITIONAL STORM WAS ALSO IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY...AND WAS ALSO SHOWING SOME ROTATION. THE FIRST STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF DONALSONVILLE...WHILE THE NEXT STORM WAS NEAR FAIRCHILD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3085 8495 3084 8482 3103 8477 3105 8490 $$ 7-TREXLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 6:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette and 5 more | 228 days |
| Jan 13, 7:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 228 days |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.